Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 1,003, Henry Fulkerson, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER
New Jersey
Fulkerson, Henry
S. 1,003
CONTENTS
carded

22.895 New Jersey Henry Fulkerson of Middlesex in the State of New Jersey who was a Private in the Corps commanded by Captain Van Dyke of the Regt. commanded by Col. Crow in the New Jersey line for 18 months
Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey at the rate of 60 Dollars 00 Cents per annum. to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 6th day of Dec: 1833 and to the J. P. H. N. A. - Adolph Pudent
Arrears to the 4th of Sep. 33 $ 150 Semi-annual allowance ending Sept 34 30 $180
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by: J. C. Stiles Clerk, Book 1 Vol. 3. Page 11

Henry Wilkinson
26. 807.
Certificate requested to be sent to J. F. Randolph J. F. Randolph New Brunswick N. Jersey

Declaration of Henry Fulkerson of Somerset County State of New Jersey in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 State of New Jersey
Middlesex county ss On this Thirtieth day of July Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred & thirty three. Henry Fulkerson personally appeared in open Court before the Judges of the Superior Court of Common Pleas in the county of Middlesex now sitting who being duly sworn on his oath doth make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832. He applies to the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in Middlesex county because he resides in the city of New Brunswick which lies in both counties of Somerset & Middlesex & that the Middlesex court is held in that part of New Brunswick lying in said county & that he is better known in said county & to the Court thereof & has for these reasons appeared before the court of said county & to prevent the expense & inconvenience of appearing before the Court of Somerset county. He was born in the county of Somerset in the year 1759 being there when entered into the service that resides there ever since. He has no record of his age but has seen it in the possession of his grandfather in the old family bible which was destroyed by the enemy in the war of the Revolution. He enlisted in the service of the United States Service in the year 1776 in the two months' service & served two months under Capt. John Eyre & Col. Broom at Boundbrook & engaged in Scouts & in watching the plundering parties of the enemy with whom they had several encounters in which some of his associates were killed. Immediately after his service he volunteered

I served as a volunteer & served three months in succession under Col l Moore who the enemy laid in Brumley's was stationed back of Middlebrook engaged in scouts & guarding the defenses from the depredations of the enemy. In the year 1777 it was ordered out being en- rolled in the militia & after related I served three terms of a month each under Col l  Garrison Major Vose & Col l Brown was stationed at Elizabeth Town engaged in guarding the lines During the time of routing each of our was marched by the way of Brumley & into into Pennsylvania & was in the battle of Ger- mantown. His General was Sherman & the Commander in Chief the General Commander They had a very hard time while encamped the bullets flew like hail stones. In the year 1778 he was ordered out again as before I served five terms of a month each - two first months under Col l  Providence & the latter three under Col l Vose In each of these stations chiefly at the Woodbridge stationed under Col l Vose engaged in scouts & the guarding the lines. During this year a very hot weather was manifested to the utmost extent in the very memorable engagement I had almost perished with fatigue & exhaustion. In the next year 1779 he was ordered out again as before & served five terms of a month each - the first three terms under Col l Garrison & the latter two under Col l Vose & all under the direction of Col l Brown was stationed in the vicinity of Bound Brook engaged occasionally down along the lines, patrolling the country & aiding in the protection of the families & property of his fellow citizens - Afterwards

4 18 in the year 1780 he was ordered out being drafted and closed a brief service four times of a month each The first time under Capt. Townsend  Townsend - The latter three times under Capt. Townsend  Townsend - He has been on station between Elizabeth town Woodbridge engaged in scouts in that portion of the state. During the war, I presume, he fell on inhabited islands - During this period he was in active service, shortly after the enemy landed on the Jersey shore under an officer with a very hard name to spell which was in that same fight. In the succeeding year 1781 he was ordered out again served four times of a month each under Capt. Gray was stationed on the east side of the Raritan in the vicinity of Woodbridge. Since actively engaged in the war. In the performance of similar duties. He is sure he was out much more than being frequently out on alarms - almost always out during the war. He never received any written dis- charge nor has not any documentary proof of his services but cannot have any more special officers than those he has alluded to in his declaration - He has not attended church lately from his retired situation. His location is life - He was acquainted with his old minister but does not know if he is is not personally known to the present clergymen but refers to Messrs. Fisher and Jehiel Freeman as well in the same vicinity - Soldiers of the Revolution who can attest to his service are to William Selson and John Merriam -
his neighbors neighbors & residents in the same township knows with him who can attest to his character in various other beliefs as to his services in the war of the revolution. He duly acknowledges all

every claim to a pension or annuity, except the present I declare that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state. Henry Fulkerson Given to subscribers the day & year aforesaid.
Peter P. Ramseyon Judge
We William Letson and John Davis a lot of the City of New Brunswick resident in the same city with Henry Fulkerson who has signed from the the so as to that we are well acquainted with him giving declaration, - that we believe him to be seventy three years of age - that he is reputed to have been in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion subscribed from the the day & year aforesaid
Peter P. Ramseyon Judge
William Letson John Davis
Henry Fulkerson
I Mina Fisher aged seventy five years a soldier of the revolution having duly sworn according to law on his oath deposeth & saith that he is & has been well acquainted with Henry Fulkerson who has signed from the foregoing declaration from early life - that said Fulkerson who to the best of his knowledge he thinks in 1776 & 1777 that year - that he performed service there in 1777 the in the which accounts he was out with him this year - that said Fulkerson was under Capt. Van Nest Major Herkimer Genl. Murnan in the battle of Bennington Germantown - that they were all out together in the year 1778 - that said Fulkerson was under Capt. Leary's Serj. age in the battle of Monmouth - that said Fulkerson was out in the following years during the war - that said Fulkerson was a good friend to his country & fond of going out & was out he knew frequently & always proved faithful - that said Fulkerson is one man of truth & veracity

and that his statement in relation to his revolutionary services may be relied on Subscribed sworn to Mina Fisher the day & year aforesaid Peter L. Burryon Judge
I which Freeman is entitled to a pension as such being duly sworn on his oath before me of with that he is & has been well acquainted with Henry Patterson who has since sworn to the foregoing declaration from early life - he knows that said Patterson was a soldier of the revolution - that he well understood the said Patterson was out in the winter of '76 and '77 under Capt. Moore, that he knows he was not afterwards in '77 at Shiloh or under Genl. Harison - that he firmly believes, knowing the man he thinks, that said Patterson is a man of truth & veracity & that his statement of his revolutionary services may be relied upon subscribed sworn to the day & year aforesaid. Ichiel D. Meersman
Peter L. Garrison's Judge
to the Genl Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after perusing the bill of attainder presented by the War Department that the claim of William was a libel unnecessary to claim against him, taking into the court's entire notice the fact that that William Nelson & John Nevins are all their friends & school men who have been shown to the contrary by certificates and credible persons & their statements entitled to full credit J. H. Ford
Mr. Ford
Simon H. Gandy } June 1904 Peter L. Harrison }

I Nicholas Booraem Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas of the county of Middlesex do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Henry Fullerton for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this thirteenth day of July Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred thirty five -
N Booraem Clerk
State of New Jersey
• Middlesex County 30th. On this last day of August eighteen hundred and thirty three, before me one of the Justices of the Peace of the county of Middlesex in and for the County of Middlesex personally appeared Jeremiah Peneyck a Captain in the service of the Revolution aged 78 years, who being duly sworn, on her oath said, that she was acquainted with Henry Fullerton named in the foregoing application for a pension, & that she believed in the truth of the contents of her services under him as he has stated in 1778, and believes that he served more, but cannot specify. The deponent said Fullerton is entitled to credit in her statement in other respects.
Sworn indicated the day of Jeremiah Peneyck year ago and before me
Peter P. Peneyck Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that the above named deponent Jeremiah Peneyck, is a credible person and that his statement is worthy of all credit.
Peter P. Peneyck Justice of the Peace

State of New Jersey Middlesex county ss. Personally appeared before the sub- scriber one of the Justices of the Peace of said county Henry Fulkerson known to me as the individual named in the before mentioned paper who being duly sworn on his oath of office that he was a Soldier of the revolution & served long & he thinks he may add faithfully. The objections to his paper being such as advised limitations to the rights which exist in the department as to his liability I have been called out "according to law," as often as he has alleged respectfully refers to an abstract of the laws of the Convention & Legislature of New Jersey relative to the liability of militia men to give service during the war prepared by the Honorable James P. Randolph & by him forwarded to the Department. He again refers to his original paper for the length of his services & to the testimony before him produced in confirmation of his statement besides which he does not know that he can prove any more. Honest as he was in his attachment to the cause of his country & honest is the statement which he has made of his services he most sincerely hopes that his claim will receive a candid examination & he trusts a favorable decision
Given under my hand to day
the 19 th October 1893
Geo. Ford
Justice of the Peace
Henry Fulkerson
Whereby certify that the above is a true and correct copy of the original now on file in the office of the Adjutant General of the State of New Jersey
James M. Randolph
Oct 19, 1893.
As to his military service

State of New Jersey Middlesex ss I Nicholas Booracum Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Middlesex do hereby certify that Peter P. Ruygen and Sarah Ford before whom the two foregoing and within depositions of Jeremiah Van Eyck & Hendrick Bullerson were taken were at the time Justices of the peace in & for the County of Middlesex duly commissioned and sworn and that their signatures attesting said depositions are genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office at New Brunswick this 31 st day of October AD 1833
N Booracum Clerk

Rec'd
INVALID.
am
File No. 1003
Henry Fulkerson Prof. N. J. Linn
Act: June 7, 1882.
Index: — Vol. 2 , Page 134
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Henry Fulkerson
Admitted Private 18 mo
J. P. Randolph re.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
20 Sept 33
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Mary Fulkerson
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.      
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c, Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of } On this day of personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) , with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers :
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
See remarks in case of Ephraim Steele

alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposes and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine, with precision, the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about  two  or  three  years , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an organized corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any other pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no official seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or a narrow ribbon, the ends of which should pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[1] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by a certificate from the officer who was required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his discharge, as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the character and signature of the officer who issued the certificate.
[2] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by [e] applies to continental troops only.
[3] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[4] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
Handwritten: 1832 Dec 1 p. 100, 1832 Dec 1 p. 101